Al Thornton scored seven of his 18 points in the final 2:26 for the Clippers, who held the Grizzlies to just 2-for-18 shooting in the final 12 minutes. Marcus Camby added 14 points and 14 rebounds for Los Angeles.

Marc Gasol led Memphis with 26 points and Rudy Gay had 15 points and 10 rebounds.

Trailing by 18 in the opening minute of the fourth, the Clippers went on an 11-3 spurt to pull to 96-76.